The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-14

in switch to their works, aud on it they
are handling ten TO fifteen per day. bring
ing in timber in the rough and shipping out
manufactured stock.
There is great demand for bran and mill
feed One miller here has been offered S13 80
per ton for all the bran he produces for several
weeks to come. The smaller towns where the
corn crop was failure are buying it freely for
their stock.
w. l.. Gallup & Co. are selling a number of
their belt'measurins and rolling machines. al
though they have not secured letters patent on
the invention. The machine, although very
simple in construction, is valuable one and
will do the work of a number of men.
The encaustic tile-works were this week
awarded the contract furnish the tile floors
for the new courthouse going up at Independ-
ence. Mo. They, on Wednesday. shipped car
load of thing to Los Angeles, to be laid on the
floors OF new hote! in process of erection
Inquiry among the bankers shows that Indian
apos merchants in excellent shape fnan-
cially. Most of them who had mortgages on
their establishments have been able to lift them
during the prosperous times of late, and but few
are obliged to borrow money to meet current
expenses
Dean Brothers will this week ship to the Troy
Iron and Steel Company, Troy. n. Y. pair OF
pumping engines. capable of pumping four mil
lion gallons per day. The water will be drawn
of one hundred feet. This is the second large
set of pumping machinery furnished to this
company by Dean Bros
Secretary Morgan, of the rolling mill has hit
freezing in the immense tank at the rolling-mill
He has taken old boiler and suspends it from
the top of the tank in the center. and all the
waste steam from of their large boilers will
pass through this boiler which. he thinks, will
thoroughly heat the water.
While the saw-makers are full of work they
are not SO much crowded with ORDERS says one
of the manufacturers. they would have been,
had there been no drought. For several months
saw-mills which usually run the year round
have been idle, scant has the water supply
haan and thfch has nor oca6 +han rdo fnvc
and cut down the usual amount OF repairs.
Indianapolis grain merchants shipping more
corn to points where in former years they have
bought their corn than they are shipping to IN
is stated that forty counties in this State will be
obliged to buy corn this year. all of which
among the best core growing counties insthe
State when there is no drought to damage crops.
Nordyke g. Marmon are making addition
to their already immense works by a shop 30 by
ITO feet having a foundation built of blocks
from discarded French buhr mllstones. These
were imported from France during the palmy
days of milestone milling at great cost, but since
the universal introduction of the roller system.
milstones are far below par. Among the orders
received lately by Nordyke & Marmon, is
tract for roller mill costing $4,000, which is
to be located near Dayton, O., where three
prominent williamsburg establishments are
located.
The Cabiney Makers Union is one of the
prosperous manufactures of this city. 1t has
an interesting history. Twenty five years ago.
fifteen twenty of the employees of Spiegel &
Thoms became dissatisfied with the amount of
their pay and formed association among
themselves to go into the manufacture of furni-
ture They commenced in a wooden building
with some twenty workmen, sent out wide
awake solicitor and soon found q market for all
their product From this little beginning it has
come to be the largest furniture man ufactory in
the city. The Union is using the old
wooden building lumber store-house. and
occupy two buildings $50 feet long. Go feet wide,
and three stories high. They give employment